“Ghost Workers,” “Dowry,” “Johnny Just Come”: Q and A on Nigerian English Usage
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi My Q and A series is back. Find answers to questions on the difference between “...
No US Study Ever Said Igbos Are the “Most Brilliant Black African Race”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Several Nigerian websites, including the online version of the traditional New T...
“Premium Motor Spirit Otherwise Known as Petrol” and Other Petrol-Inspired Grammatical Boo-boos
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The excruciatingly severe petrol shortage being experienced in Nigeria is also b...
Trump is a Bigot but He Never Said Anything against Nigerians
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has become the favorite punchi...
Nigerian Languages are More Closely Related Than You Think
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi A few hundred years ago, Yoruba, Igbo, Idoma, Igala, Itsekiri, Ebira, and many l...
Why Nigerians Can’t Pronounce “Nigeria” Correctly
By Farooq A; Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The only Nigerians who pronounce the name of their country "correctly"...
Alex Badeh Already Indicted Himself Last Year
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The ongoing trial of former Chief of Defense Staff Alex Badeh recalls an artic...
Ooni of Ife’s Strange Theory of the Yoruba Origins of English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The Daily Trust of February 29 reported the new, youthful Ooni of Ife, Oba Ade...
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